{"product_id":"constructing-muslims-in-france-9781439910290","title":"Constructing Muslims in France","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShows how Muslims strive to gain recognition of their diverse views and backgrounds and find full equality as French citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With xenophobia and anti-immigrant narratives gaining currency is Europe and elsewhere, Fredette’s study is extremely pertinent in its unraveling of the bleak underbellies of republicanism, democracy and the modern nation state in itself. Rightly locating the anti-Muslim discourse as a narrative and affirmative ideology in France, what earmarks Fredette’s study is her intersectional positionality – addressing simultaneously race, gender and ethnic locations of immigrants. Breaking through the homogeneity of official claims on Muslim religiosity, Fredette has moved beyond – with the interviewees at times appropriating or even negating their hybrid identities.\"--\u003ci\u003eAnthropology Book Forum\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   Abbreviations   1  Introduction: Why Do We Ask Whether Muslims Can Be French? 2  Elusive Citizenship: The Consequences of an Undesirable Public Identity 3  Claiming Membership: French Muslim Identities, Political Goals, and Repertoires of Contention 4  Education: The (Undelivered?) Promise of Republican Equality 5  Employment: The Muslim Experience in (and out of) the Workplace 6  Housing: The Banlieues as a Geographic and Socially Constructed Place 7  The Contentious Concept of Frenchness: French Muslims Embracing, Reimagining, but Not Rejecting the Republican Triad   Appendix: Sample Questionnaire   Notes References Index","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408308216151,"sku":"9781439910290","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439910290.jpg?v=1730502380","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/constructing-muslims-in-france-9781439910290","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}